Monthly Archives: May 2022

Holy Mass & Rosary – 16th May 2022, 9:30am

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 16th May

Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 14:5-18
Palm: 113B (115):1-2,3-4,15-16

Gospel: John 14:21-26

Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”

Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, “Master, (then) what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”

Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him… Read more »

Welcome your children the way they are welcomed by God, who created them – The Archbishop

Mass on the fifth Sunday of Easter

  St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Ġesù jirrealizza li t-tmiem tassew wasal. Ġuda se jkompli bil-pjan tiegħu li jittradih, ibigħu għal 30 biċċa tal-fidda u dak li [Ġesù] kien irrepeta għal darba, darbtejn, tlieta lid-dixxipli fl-aħħar se jseħħ. “Bin il-Bniedem jiġi mogħti f’idejn il-kapijiet, iżebilħuh, isalbuh, wara tlett ijiem iqum” (Mk 8:31).

Hu jitkellem dwar dan il-proċess ta’ glorja b’kategorija li għalina hi ħafna stramba għax il-glorja għalina hi show of force, il-qawwa, il-poter, il-prestiġju… Read more »

Sunday Mass – 15th May, 9:30am

  St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

The Sunday Gospel: 15th May

Fifth Sunday of Easter
Readings of the day

First Reading: 14:21b-27
Psalm: 145(144):8-9,10-11,12-13ab
Second Reading: Revelation 21:1-5a

Gospel: John 13:31-33a,34-35

When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. (If God is glorified in him,) God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once… Read more »

“Do not lose your inner peace” – The Archbishop’s advice to the three new priests

The presbyteral ordination of Fr Sean Abela, Fr Jean Claude Attard and Fr Robert Calleja OFM Conv.

  St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Jekk xi ħadd iħobbni, iħares kelmti u Missieri jħobbu u aħna niġu u ngħammru għandu” (Ġw 14:23). Għeżież djakni li l-Mulej qed jagħżilkom għall-Ordni tal-Presbiterat, il-mistoqsija li jagħmlilkom Ġesù llum kif jagħmel lil kull wieħed u waħda minna hija l-istess mistoqsija li għamel lil Pietru fuq ix-xatt tal-Għadira ta’ Tiberijade: “Tħobbni, inti?” (Ġw 21:17).

Mill-frażi ta’ Ġesù “Jekk xi ħadd iħobbni” nifhmu li r-relazzjoni tagħna miegħu trid tkun relazzjoni ta’ mħabba… Read more »

Easter to Pentecost Reflections – Fifth Sunday of Easter

Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Easter by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Gospel: Jn 13:31-33a,34-35

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer… Read more »

To not trouble our heart – Bishop Galea-Curmi

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Tħallux qalbkom titħawwad!” (Ġw 14:1). Dan hu l-kliem li Ġesù jgħid lid-dixxipli tiegħu. Hawnhekk qegħdin fl-ewwel versi tal-Kapitlu 14 ta’ San Ġwann – diskors twil li jibqa’ sejjer sal-aħħar tal-Kapitlu 17. Ġesù jgħidilhom “tħallux qalbkom titħawwad”, għax ftit qabel kien qalilhom: “fejn sejjer jien, intom ma tistgħux tiġu” (Ġw 13:33). Din ħawdithom, u kien hemm dik ir-reazzjoni ta’ Pietru li qallu: jien lest li nagħti ħajti għalik, inkun miegħek dejjem… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 14th May

Saint Matthias, Apostle – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Act 1:15-17,20-26
Psalm: 112:1-8

Gospel: John 15:9-17

In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 

I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 

You did not choose me but I chose you… Read more »

Live: The ordination of three new priests – 14th May 2022, 9:30am

  St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »